Page 10: Historical Events In January - 18

1996  On this day in history lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in NY   

1996  Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of The King Elvis Presley, filed for divorce from Michael Jackson after 20 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable difference on January - 18.   

1996  On January - 18 leonor Fini, painter, dies at 87   

1997  Norway's Boerge Ousland emerges on the Pacific edge of Antarctica to become the first person to cross the continent alone and unaided on this day in history.   

1997  Norwegian Borge Ousland completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica, the first time anyone transversed the continent alone on this day in history.   

1997  On January - 18 myfanwy Piper, librettist, dies at 85   

2001  Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson admitted he had fathered a daughter born out of wedlock in 1999 to an employee of his Rainbow/PUSH coalition on January - 18.   

2002  On January - 18 in another anti-terrorist step ordered by Congress, U.S. airlines began inspecting every piece of luggage checked by passengers.   

2003  On this day in history protesters nationwide demonstrated in opposition to possible war in Iraq.   

2004  At least 23 people were reported killed when a powerful car bomb exploded in Baghdad. No Americans were listed among the dead on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history comet McNaught, the brightest comet to appear in over 40 years, becomes visible over the Southern Hemisphere. Hurricane Kyrill creates havoc as it passes across northern Europe.jan 18 - The strongest storm in the UK for 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, caused at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm of the coast of Devon, England.   

2012  On January - 18 stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) blackout becomes the largest protest in the history of the internet   

2014  On this day in history 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards: Mathew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win   

2017  On January - 18 baseball Hall of Fame adds Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez   

2017  NASA and NOAA announce that 2016 was the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 which itself topped a record set in 2014 on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history first drone rescue of swimmers by lifeguards in New South Wales, Australia   

2018  Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rides the largest-ever wave by a female surfer at 20.72 m (68 ft) at Praia do Norte in Nazaréin, Portugal on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history fuel thieves rupture a pipeline in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico, and a subsequent explosion kills at least 137 people and injures dozens more.   

2020  On this day in history yemeni Civil War: 111 Yemeni soldiers and 5 civilians are killed in a drone and missile attack on a military camp near Ma'rib.   

2023  On January - 18 a helicopter crash in Brovary near Kyiv, Ukraine kills 14 people including Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky.   

2024  On January - 18 israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects US calls to scale back war with Hamas or establish Palestinian state, vowing, in a televised address, nothing other than "absolute victory" [1]   

2024  Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province on January - 18.   

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.   

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on January - 18.   

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on January - 18.   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on this day in history.   

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on this day in history.   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on this day in history.   

1479  On this day in history louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.   

1586  On January - 18 death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)